1991 Peak Antifreeze 500

February 202323rd race of the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series NASWINSTON 804.672 21st Annual Peak Antifreeze 500 The 1991 Peak Antifreeze 500 program cover, featuring Darrell Waltrip. Motor Racing Network TNN Leo Jackson Motorsports Leo Jackson Motorsports Harry Gant Harry Gant AK Racing Alan Kulwicki 326 33 804.672 Dover, Delaware, Dover Downs International Speedway 500 500 500 110.179 mph km/h September 15 24.519 1.6 1 Peak Antifreeze 500 1991 29 23 500 Mike Joy, Buddy Baker, Neil Bonnett 1991 Peak Antifreeze 500.jpeg 77,000 The 1991 Peak Antifreeze 500 was the 23rd stock car race of the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 21st iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, September 15, 1991, before an audience of 77,000 in Dover, Delaware at Dover Downs International Speedway, a 1-mile (1.6 km) permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 500 laps to complete. At race's end, Leo Jackson Motorsports driver Harry Gant would manage to dominate a majority of the race, lapping the field to take his 15th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory, his fourth victory of the season, and his third straight victory.Higgins Tom September 16, 1991 Gant, crew find right buttons to push at Dover (Part 1) 25 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119638562/gant-crew-find-right-buttons-to-push/ February 25, 2023 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom September 16, 1991 Gant, crew find right buttons to push at Dover (Part 2) 27 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119638578/gant-crew-find-right-buttons-to-push/ February 25, 2023 Newspapers.com McKee Sandra September 16, 1991 House builder Gant, at 51, can construct streak for ages, too 29 The Baltimore Sun https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119639594/house-builder-gant-at-51-can/ February 25, 2023 Newspapers.com To fill out the top three, Junior Johnson & Associates driver Geoff Bodine and Bud Moore Engineering driver Morgan Shepherd would finish second and third, respectively. Background thumb|The layout of Dover Downs International Speedway, the venue where the race was held. Dover Downs International Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports. The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats. Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. #DriverTeamMake1Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile2Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet4Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet5Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet6Mark MartinRoush RacingFord7Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord8Rick WilsonStavola Brothers RacingBuick9Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord10Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet11Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord12Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick15Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord17Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet19Chad LittleLittle RacingFord21Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord22Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord24Dick TrickleTeam III RacingPontiac25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26Brett BodineKing RacingBuick28Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac33Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile41Larry PearsonLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet42Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac48James HyltonHylton MotorsportsBuick49Stanley Smith (R)BS&S MotorsportsBuick52Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac55Ted Musgrave (R)U.S. RacingPontiac56Jerry HillHill MotorsportsPontiac58Brian RossRoss RacingChevrolet59Andy BelmontPat Rissi RacingFord66Lake SpeedCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac68Bobby Hamilton (R)TriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet75Joe RuttmanRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile90Steve PerryDonlavey RacingFord94Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile98Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, September 13, at 3:00 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 20 drivers in the round would be guaranteed a starting spot in the race. If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round, they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run, held on Saturday, September 14, at 11:30 AM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-40 would be decided on time,September 13, 1991 NASCAR today 47 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119639760/nascar-today/ February 25, 2023 Newspapers.com and depending on who needed it, a select amount of positions were given to cars who had not otherwise qualified on time but were high enough in owner's points; up to two were given. If needed, a past champion who did not qualify on either time or provisionals could use a champion's provisional, adding one more spot to the field. Alan Kulwicki, driving for his own AK Racing team, won the pole, setting a time of 24.519 and an average speed of 146.825 mph km/h on in the first round.Higgins Tom September 14, 1991 Kulwicki takes latest pole at Dover Downs (Part 1) 37 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119639985/kulwicki-takes-latest-pole-at-dover/ February 25, 2023 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom September 14, 1991 Kulwicki takes latest pole at Dover Downs (Part 2) 39 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119640024/kulwicki-takes-latest-pole-at-dover/ February 25, 2023 Newspapers.com No drivers would fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed17Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord24.519146.825228Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord24.548146.651311Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord24.583146.44346Mark MartinRoush RacingFord24.584146.43754Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet24.621146.217625Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet24.676145.89172Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac24.702145.737821Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord24.702145.737922Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord24.705145.7191033Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile24.710145.6901124Dick TrickleTeam III RacingPontiac24.752145.443123Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet24.767145.3551330Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac24.779145.2841417Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet24.793145.2021541Larry PearsonLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet24.803145.1441668Bobby Hamilton (R)TriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile24.923144.4451755Ted Musgrave (R)U.S. RacingPontiac24.955144.2601842Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac24.982144.1041912Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick24.988144.069201Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile24.996144.023Failed to lock in Round 12115Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord24.898144.590228Rick WilsonStavola Brothers RacingBuick24.923144.4452394Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile25.011143.937245Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet25.036143.7932519Chad LittleLittle RacingFord25.081143.5352626Brett BodineKing RacingBuick25.105143.3982766Lake SpeedCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac25.159143.0902810Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet25.171143.0222943Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac25.177142.988309Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord25.213142.7833171Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet25.245142.6023249Stanley Smith (R)BS&S MotorsportsBuick25.248142.5863375Joe RuttmanRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile25.385141.8163498Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet25.438141.5213552Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac25.799139.5403658Brian RossRoss RacingChevrolet26.582135.4303790Steve PerryDonlavey RacingFord26.987133.3983856Jerry HillHill MotorsportsPontiac27.511130.8573948James HyltonHylton MotorsportsBuick27.858129.2274059Andy BelmontPat Rissi RacingFord28.226127.542Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings11033Harry GantLeo Jackson MotorsportsOldsmobile500326running185$67,1002311Geoff BodineJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord4992running175$42,22532115Morgan ShepherdBud Moore EngineeringFord4990running165$31,25041912Hut StricklinBobby Allison MotorsportsBuick4990running160$20,35051330Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac4980running155$17,62561124Dick TrickleTeam III RacingPontiac4960running150$11,8507245Ricky RuddHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet4931running151$15,80081668Bobby Hamilton (R)TriStar MotorsportsOldsmobile4930running142$10,9509201Rick MastPrecision Products RacingOldsmobile4930running138$11,450103171Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet4900running134$13,05011309Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord4880running130$14,400121842Kyle PettySABCO RacingPontiac4700crash127$12,900133375Joe RuttmanRahMoc EnterprisesOldsmobile4630running124$9,200141755Ted Musgrave (R)U.S. RacingPontiac4540running121$6,85015123Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet44721running123$16,700162519Chad LittleLittle RacingFord4430running115$5,95017922Sterling MarlinJunior Johnson & AssociatesFord4290running112$5,750183498Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesChevrolet4020crash109$7,485191417Darrell WaltripDarrell Waltrip MotorsportsChevrolet3950camshaft106$5,300202943Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac3890engine103$6,2002146Mark MartinRoush RacingFord3660overheating100$13,450223249Stanley Smith (R)BS&S MotorsportsBuick3640overheating97$4,400233552Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac3450overheating94$4,3502417Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord3238crash96$15,8002572Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthPontiac32228crash93$5,025262394Terry LabonteHagan RacingOldsmobile3020engine85$6,850273790Steve PerryDonlavey RacingFord2440engine82$4,1502854Ernie IrvanMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet2020overheating79$11,10029228Rick WilsonStavola Brothers RacingBuick1650crash76$6,675301541Larry PearsonLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet1590steering73$4,00031228Davey AllisonRobert Yates RacingFord115114engine75$14,200322626Brett BodineKing RacingBuick1150crash67$6,50033625Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet680crash64$5,85034821Dale JarrettWood Brothers RacingFord680crash61$5,800352766Lake SpeedCale Yarborough MotorsportsPontiac670crash58$5,600362810Derrike CopeWhitcomb RacingChevrolet670crash55$11,975373948James HyltonHylton MotorsportsBuick540flagged52$3,550383856Jerry HillHill MotorsportsPontiac390vibration49$3,500393658Brian RossRoss RacingChevrolet370steering46$3,475404059Andy BelmontPat Rissi RacingFord110flagged43$3,450Official race results Standings after the results Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Dale Earnhardt 3,400 10px 2 Ricky Rudd 3,364 (-36) 10px 3 Ernie Irvan 3,223 (-177) 10px 4 Davey Allison 3,195 (–205) 10px 1 5 Mark Martin 3,065 (–335) 10px 1 6 Ken Schrader 3,037 (–363) 10px 2 7 Harry Gant 3,021 (–379) 10px 1 8 Sterling Marlin 2,981 (–419) 10px 1 9 Darrell Waltrip 2,971 (–429) 10px 10 Rusty Wallace 2,853 (–547)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. References 1991 Miller Genuine Draft 400 (Richmond) 1991 Goody's 500 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:NASCAR races at Dover Motor Speedway Category:September 1991 sports events in the United States Category:1991 in sports in Delaware